Common name: Field Madder
Latin name: Sherardia arvensis L.
Family: Rubiaceae
Life Cycle: Summer Annual
Type: Broadleaf
Description: Winter annual weed with prostrate or decumbent growth habit that can be mat-forming in mowed turf. Leaf shape is elliptic with acute to acuminate tips while leaf arrangement is whorled around a square stem.
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